Determination of lateral pharyngeal wall motion during connected speech by use of pulsed ultrasound.
Variations in the position of a point on the lateral pharyngeal wall relative to the external neck wall can be monitored by time-motion display of pulsed ultrasound. Such a portrayal is used to evaluate the lateral pharyngeal wall motion in normal and pathologic speakers during connected discourse.
D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009040:Motion Pictures; D010614:Pharynx / Q000502:physiology*; D013060:Speech; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D014465:Ultrasonics